POLS 1000 Lecture 4: AP POLS 1000 LECTURE 4
19 Oct 2017
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Democracy, consensus and struggle a) struggle and order are ever-present. Politics is not just a set of contested ideas, its a contested space as well. It"s only about tranquility and calm on the surface. Behind the scenes in any political process you are always going to nd certain things: 2 constants we have in politics: political struggle and parallel contestation for order. Democracy is extremely messy, its a blessing and a curse. It is a shifting form of social organization, always amendments being made to democracy and democratic organization. Theres a ght going around the 3 concepts of equality, freedom and solidarity (questioning, challenging and defending, and changing the parameters of society set around that critical balance) In democracy it is extremely rare that we would nd complete satisfaction. We know overtime things change so conditions can"t stay the same all the time. a) struggle for : recognition and survival.
